APAC data centres eye $116bn funding

Asia Pacific will require $116 billion worth of capital investment to build the existing colocation data centre pipeline across the region over the next 5-10 years, driven by increasing demand for cloud and AI technologies

SAM guns for a huge DC in Vietnam

Saigon Asset Management has launched a 150MW data centre campus with an investment value of up to $1.5 billion in Vietnam

GIP to open Doha office

Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, has announced plans to open an office in Doha, Qatar, to strengthen its investment activities across the MENA region

Silver, Stack file for $10bn data center, Virginia

Silver Companies and Stack Infrastructure have invested n a $10 billion data center in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Ares completes acquisition of GCP International

Ares Management has finalised its $3.7 billion acquisition of GCP International, the non-China business of GLP Capital Partners, expanding its real assets platform to more than $115 billion in assets under management

Principal final close on data center fund, US

Principal Asset Management has achieved final close at $3.64 billion on its Principal Data Center Growth and Income Fund that targets hyperscale data center projects across the US

New Era, Sharon AI buy land for Texas data center

New Era Helium and Sharon AI have acquired a 200-acre site to build a 250MW net-zero energy data AI center in Ector County, Texas

IJGlobal Regional Report – APAC FY 2024

Infrastructure finance across the Asia Pacific region declined across the board when comparing market activity from full-year 2024 against deals closed in 2023

EIB commits to Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund

The European Investment Bank has committed to support the Africa Finance Corporation in financing a $750 million Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund

I Squared weighs up retail infra debt fund

I Squared Capital is considering the launch of a retail infrastructure debt vehicle to expand fundraising efforts to private investors, IJGlobal understands

Soluna buys land for Texas data center

Green data centre developer Soluna has secured 60 acres of land to build a data center, known as Project Rosa in Texas

IJGlobal Regional Report – Europe FY 2024

The full-year 2024 witnessed an increase in market activity across European infrastructure and energy with particularly noteworthy upticks in M&A and refinance

Rowan secures $1.2bn for phase 2 of MD data centre

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners' subsidiary, Rowan Digital Infrastructure, has closed a $1.24 billion construction financing for the second phase of its Maryland hyperscale data campus